Indoor
Track Team Continues to Do Good Work
by Channing Joseph
The
Oberlin mens and womens indoor track teams participated
in the Greater Cleveland Colleges meet at Baldwin-Wallace College
last Friday, Feb. 15.
The
Yeowomen showed nicely in the 400m relay with a time of 4:15.61
and ended the meet with a noteworthy third-place finish. The Yeomen
did not perform quite so well against their competition and completed
the track meet in fifth place overall. The mens team was led
by senior Andre Street, who won the 500m with an impressive running-time
of 1:06, while senior April Wynn distinguished herself among the
athletes on the Oberlin womens team and took the top trophy
for the long jump with a distance of 17 3 1/2 as well
as the triple jump, with an exceptional distance of 35 0 1/2.
Wynn also took home the third place prize for the 55m hurdles. Notably,
junior Courtney Stackhouse also won the 55m sprint with a remarkable
time of 7.50 seconds, and seems to be continuing the stellar performance
that she demonstrated last year.
Coach
Tom Mulligan singled out Wynn and Street as top competitors even
before the season began, as they had proven themselves to be first-tier
athletes in the past. Wynn, for example, shared the triple jump
victory indoors and outdoors last year with sophomore Shannon Houlihan,
becoming a national qualifier in the event, while Street took the
conference title in the 800m two years ago. Their performances this
season merely corroborate their coachs prediction.
The
Yeowomen also displayed their competitive teeth by taking not only
first place in the triple jump, with Wynns victory, but also
second and third place, with notable showings by Shannon Houlihan
and Teresa Collins, respectively.
Junior
Laura Feeney, who broke the Oberlin 3000m record on Friday, Feb.
2, won third place in the 1500m, and some are looking to see even
greater things from her in the near future.
The
teams will have the opportunity to compete again today, Feb. 22,
during the Oberlin Invitational, held at 6 p.m. at the John Heisman
Club Fieldhouse. Oberlin will play host to Allegheny (Pa.) College,
The College of Wooster, Defiance College, Hiram College, John Carroll
University and Walsh University.
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